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Wednesday 31st May 2017“Tompkins on Swan” Function Centre

Crn Dunkley Avenue & Canning Hwy

Alfred Cove, WA

8:20am - 3:00pm

WA TURF SEMINAR 2017

The much anticipated biennial seminar, catering for all sectors of the turf industry of Western Australia has returned once again to the Tompkins on Swan Function Centre on Wednesday 31st May 2017.

The “WA Turf Seminar 2017” has a great line up of professional speakers presenting on a range of topics. Dr Josh Byrne, Director of Josh Byrne & Associates (JBA), and well known television presenter on the ABC’s Gardening Australia will lead off with a presentation on “Waste water use in WA”. Reliable water provision, and constant supply were central to the development of the Wungong Urban Project Master Plan, for the future 16,000 housing lot Wungong Urban project. Enhanced integration of water into the urban landform benchmarks Wungong as a model for sustainable integrated land, water and environmental planning. Josh and his team provided specialist water-related advice and project management support to assist the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) in achieving innovative water-related approaches well beyond the normal scope of conventional urban development requirements. This includes strategies to demonstrate water conservation and efficiency measures, planning for large-scale recycled water options and water quality management, with bureaucratic challenge. Josh will talk about this project and more, highlighting hurdles that were overcome to achieve a great result.

Both regional and metropolitan delegates will benefit from a presentation by Don Woodcock, previously from the Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management group. Reliable water supply for parks and gardens, has long been an issue in regional areas, however with the assistance of grant funds, shire councils have been able to build infrastructures to harvest rainwater which is now used on recreational sites within the towns. Many of these towns have now finished a number of these construction projects such as dams, tanks, roadside curbing and the installation of solar pumps to capture and store rain water. These works have helped minimise the use of expensive scheme water piped from Mundaring Weir to water parks, ovals and town gardens. It’s a model that could certainly be replicated in Perth’s outer regions, and perhaps within new developments.

Erik Kinlon, General Manager, Business Development and Marketing at HG Sportsturf will provide a visual update on the 60,000 seat Perth Stadium. HG Sports Turf, in conjunction with Greenacres Turf Group was appointed to prepare the pitch, growing and installing more than 17,000 square metres of hybrid turf for the Perth Stadium playing surface.

A panel from the Green Space Alliance (GSA), headed by Warren Stephens from the City of Belmont, will be in attendance for an introduction and discussion forum to share information on where the alliance is directing its current energies. They are keen for delegate input. The GSA has achieved a discussion paper and position statement and have presented to Ministers, Director Generals, and government departments on the vital importance of securing and providing enough quality green space for all, for ever.

Dr Phillip Ford from PGG Wrightson Turf will be providing a guide tor successful and sustainable winter over sowing in turf. Dr Ford has over thirty years of involvement in turf as an educator and researcher.

Peter Ruscoe, Turf Consultant, Sports Turf Technology will provide an update on the project he commenced in 2015, being a long-term study of the sting nematode on turf in Western Australia, under the guidance of Dr Graham Stirling in Queensland.

Dr Pieter Poot from the University of Western Australia School of Plant Biology will present a summary on the “Application of Soil Amendments to Maintain Turf Quality on Sandy Soils under Reduced Irrigation”. Pieter joined the UWA Turf Industries Research Steering Committee in 2012 and has lead the turf soil amendment research project since then.

Peter Briscoe, Managing Director, Bioactive Soil Solutions, will be presenting on “Understanding the microbial relationship for growing high performance turf ”. Peter has been engaged in a diversity of turf improvement programs with many of Australia’s elite sporting venues, some of which include the MCG, Aurora Stadium, Barnbougle Golf Course and Moe Racecourse.

And to close out the speaking program, Mr John Forrest from South Metropolitan TAFE, will present to delegates an encouraging lecture about “How to conduct your own valid empirical research”. Experimentation and innovation are key elements to effective and resilient turf management in today’s modern industry and the Turf Lecturing team at South Metro TAFE are very supportive towards promoting a sustained and rewarding education for all within the turf community.

We’re confident that the day will be well worth your attendance.

seminar overview

See you there, book your seats today!

TITLE SPEAKER

08:15 WELCOMEANDSEMINARINTRODUCTION TONYGUYPRESIDENT-SPORTSTURFASSOCIATION(WA)

08:25 FORMALOPENING MIKEROWEDIRECTORGENERAL-DEPARTMENTOFWATER

08:30 WASTEWATERUSEONTURF–DATAVSMYTH DRJOSHBYRNEJOSHBYRNEANDASSOCIATES

09:10 REGIONALNATURALRESOURCEMANAGEMENT DONWOODCOCKDONWOODCOCKSOLUTIONS(DWS)

09.40 PERTHSTADIUMVISUALUPDATE ERIKKINLONGENERALMANAGER–BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT&MARKETINGHGSPORTSTURF

10:00 TURFCAREWA–MAJORSEMINARPARTNERPRESENTATION10:10 MORNINGTEA

10:40 GREENSPACEALLIANCEWADISCUSSIONFORUM–

INTRODUCTION,GSAVIDEOANDDISCUSSIONSESSION

WARRENSTEVENS–CITYOFBELMONTGARYMCKENZIE-LANDSCAPEINDUSTRYASSOCIATIONWANEVILLEPASSMORE–AUSTRALIANINSTITUTEOFHORTICULTUREWAWALTERVANDERLOO–AUSTRALIANINSTITUTEOFLANDSCAPEARCHITECTSWA

11:00 AGUIDEFORSUCCESSFULANDSUSTAINABLEWINTEROVER-SOWING

DRPHILFORD PGGWRIGHTSONTURF

11.40 TURFPRODUCTIONCHALLENGESWA DARRENKIRKWOODCHAIRPERSON-TURFGROWERSASSOCIATIONWA

11:50 STINGNEMATODEMANAGEMENTRESEARCHUPDATE

PETERRUSCOESPORTSTURFTECHNOLOGY

12:20 VILLAGEGREEN–MAJORSEMINARPARTNERPRESENTATION

12:30 LUNCH

13:20 APPLICATIONOFSOILAMENDMENTSTOMAINTAIN

TURFQUALITYONSANDYSOILSUNDERREDUCED

IRRIGATION.

DRPIETERPOOTSENIORLECTURER|UWASCHOOLOFPLANTBIOLOGY

13:55 UNDERSTANDINGTHEMICROBIALRELATIONSHIPFOR

GROWINGHIGHPERFORMANCETURFPETERBRISCOEMANAGINGDIRECTOR,BIOACTIVESOILSOLUTIONS

14:25 HOWTOCONDUCTYOUROWNVALIDEMPIRICAL

RESEARCHJOHNFORRESTSOUTHMETROPOLITANTAFE

14:55 FINALDISCUSSIONANDCLOSE WARRENSTEPHENS-CHAIRPERSONUWATURFINDUSTRIESRESEARCHSTEERINGCOMMITTEE

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“Tompkins on Swan”Crn Dunkley Ave & Canning Hwy

Alfred Cove, WA

Dr Josh Byrne Dr Josh Byrne is an environmental scientist, author, television presenter and research academic. Well known for his role as the WA presenter on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia program, Josh is also Director of Josh Byrne & Associates - a multi award winning Fremantle based consulting practice integrating the fields of landscape architecture, built environment sustainability, media and communications. Dr Byrne is a Research Fellow with Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute and the CRC for Low Carbon Living where his research activities span high performance housing, water sensitive urban design and low carbon residential precincts. For more information visit: www.joshbyrne.com.auJosh will be presenting “Waste Water Use on Turf – Data vs Myth”

Mr Don WoodcockDon Woodcock Solutions (DWS)Don is enthusiastic in promoting community resilience through the development of strategic vision by building ecological and agricultural regeneration to produce nutrient dense foods that will become the medicine of the present.His aim is to promote and develop proactive adaptive management strategies for all natural resources to deliver positive and synergistic multi-generational benefits.With a goal to develop a new quanta of open sourced knowledge through collaboration and cooperation to support the regeneration of the biosphere.Don will be presenting on some of his past work with managing the natural resources in regional areas.

Mr Erik KinlonGeneral Manager at HG Sportsturf Pty. Ltd.Erik attained his HND in Golf Course Management and Business Studies at Cannington College, Somerset 1997-2000.Erik is a motivated, adaptable and responsible person who has utilised the organisational, managerial and communication skills developed throughout his time in full time education and previous management roles.He has been in the greenkeeping industry for over 15 years, starting his career at Ballybunion Golf Club and working at other prestigious golf clubs such as The K Club, The Buckinghamshire Golf Club and Stockley Park Golf Club.Erik will be presenting a visual update on the current progress of the Perth Stadium under construction on the Burswood Peninsular.

Dr Phillip Ford – PGG Wrightson Turf Dr Ford has been involved in turf for over thirty years, as an educator and researcher. In 2011 he was awarded the Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association Distinguished Services Award for service to the Australian Turf Industry. Dr Ford has a degree in Agricultural Science (Melbourne University), a Master in Turf Management (Sydney University) and recently completed his PhD researching the influence of soil and grass types on injury risk in football. He currently works as a researcher at PGG Wrightson Turf. www.pggwrightsonturf.com Phill will be presenting “A guide for successful and sustainable winter over sowing in Turf ”

Mr Peter Ruscoe – Senior Turf Consultant, Sports Turf Technology

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B.App.Sc. (Hort.Tech.) Hons Cert.IV Hort (Turf Management) Peter completed a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Horticulture with honours at the University of Queensland, Gatton College in 1990. Peter has worked in the turf industry since then and joined Sports Turf Technology in 2002 before becoming part owner shortly after. He was past President of the Turf Grass Association of Australia (WA) 2004-2009.In 2015, Peter commenced a master’s research project of “Sting Nematode on Turf Grass in Western Australia”, under the guidance of Dr Graham Stirling through the University of Queensland. The research project will involve:

1. Undertake a survey of plant-parasitic nematodes on municipal playing fields in the Perth region. 2. Study the population dynamics and depth distribution of the sting nematode on kikuyu. 3. Conduct experiments to assess:

• The pathogenicity of the sting nematode on various turf species. • The damage threshold of the sting nematode on kikuyu. • The effect of compost soil amendment on the severity of damage by the sting nematode on kikuyu.

Peter will be presenting “Sting Nematode Management Research Update”

Dr Pieter Poot - Plant Scientist, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia Dr Poot is a plant scientist from the Netherlands who has been researching how plants are adapted to their environment (e.g. drought, waterlogging, low nutrients etc.) for the last 20 years. Dr Poot completed his MSc (Plant Physiology and Ecology) in 1991 and his PhD (Plant Ecophysiology) in 1996 at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Pieter is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in Plant Conservation Biology and Ecophysiology at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He is coordinator of the Conservation Biology major and has won several excellence in coursework teaching awards. Pieter arrived in WA in 1998 and has since then worked on a range of research topics including: the diversity of water-use patterns of different functional groups in a Banksia woodland (contributing to a multi-authored paper in the prestigious journal Nature), the ecophysiology of rare plant species restricted to shallow-soiled ironstone communities, and the role of drought in crown decline of common eucalypt species. He joined the UWA Turf Industries Research Steering Committee in 2012 and has lead the turf soil amendment research project.Pieter will be presenting “Application of soil amendments to maintain turf quality on sandy soils under reduced irrigation.”

Mr Peter Briscoe, General Manager, Bioactive Soil SolutionsWith over 10 years’ experience in developing and applying microbial soil improvement programs in the field, Peter brings a wealth of practical and technical knowledge on the key success factors for transforming turf performance and sustainability. As head of Bioactive Soil Solutions Pty Ltd, Peter has been engaged in quite a diversity of turf improvement programs with many of Australia’s elite sporting venues, some of which include the MCG, Aurora Stadium, Barnbougle Golf Course and Moe Racecourse. Peter continues to develop his knowledge and passion of the biological world through training with some of the best and brightest minds in field.Peter will be presenting “Understanding the microbial relationship for growing high performance turf ”

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